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Rich Sharpe says Rovers “Haven’t gone to bed yet”. I’ve got to be driving at 7am tomorrow morning. Does anyone have any speculation as to whether or not this is just Gilks, or there’s something else coming? I can’t stay up for just Gilks.

Every refresh gets me closer to my dream of providing a free BRFCS bus to Wembley.

Bugger it. I’m going to the politics thread. Looks like Giles on loan and nothing else.

Bournemouth have just announced Cantwell. They’ve really gone for it. Parachute payments making a huge difference. They’ve got so much talent in that team, I wouldn’t be surprised if they challenged Fulham for first. Book your Wembley hotels.

It’s that “deal sheet” nonsense. So we only have to have a player set to sign by 11 to be able to sign them tomorrow.

I’m not sure how important that is. We’ve been playing a right wing back as right striker, a defender as a centre forward, a defensive midfielder in a back three, a central midfielder at left wing back, a classic number 9 on the right wing and a central midfielder as a false 9. Tony’s way past straight thinking like that!

Rothwell potential replacement? Or do we have the ~2M for a player hanging around without a sale? If it’s the latter… you’d expect someone to be coming in considering we’re second in the league and could go to 4th if teams win their games in hand.

Maybe. But equally, maybe not. It’s clear as day to me something changed overnight. All of the journalists - Crooke, Sharpe, O’Rourke (the sky guy, forgot his name) all said the same as I did, APART from two things 1) Rothwell was in Bournemouth 2) it was 100% done. Now my lesson has been learnt - I’ll never say something is “100%” again. And to be fair, I was told “Rothwell has been told to travel to Bournemouth”… for all I know he didn’t or only for so far. It’s clear that he didn’t get there because he was in for training this afternoon. So let’s dissect this: I was first to say there was more to the Rothwell injury than meets the eye. I was first to say Rovers thought the transfer was on. It sounds to me like Venkys put a stop to it, based on Glen M’s post. One things for sure, the Rothwell side - who where passing the info to me/Joe H/Crooke (we all said the same thing) - thought it was happening. But it didn’t happen, for whatever reason. As it happens, as soon as it became apparent it wasn’t happened I put my hands up and said well done to Glen on sticking by his sources saying the deal wasn’t happening. Like he replied, things move quickly in football. I’ve not bothered talking about this all Sunday night for some sort of ego trip, I just relayed the info I was being told because the source was reputable and I would have wanted to know if someone else was getting the info. Although perhaps I did get ahead of myself, which I can admit. So will I change my sources? No, I’ll just not post them. Not because I want some replies for my ego saying “no, please do post them!” but simply because people like yourself don’t want to read them and make it unbearable if I get them wrong. I was right about Markanday being a perm deal and right about us signing Ayala ahead of time, My advice is listen to unleaded and Glen and Kamy who are pretty much always right. But don’t take anything as gospel until a scarf is being held up - isn’t that the famous saying?

It’s on the hedges behind the scenes video posted 5 mins ago. Filmed this afternoon.

I absolutely agree. Unless anyone can evidence it, we’re not allowing it.

Wait, what? We’re signing one of their players now?!

To be fair mate, yesterday it looked like I was right and you where wrong, but here’s the ‘latest’ I’ve just been sent: Rovers played silly buggers. Same situation as Rhodes. Rothwell on his way down south, not quite in Bournemouth. Coming back now. So you where right… again! Fair play.

I’ve no idea. Maybe it hasn’t. I imagine they had to throw all of their plans up in the air an hour ago and are now deciding what’s the best thing to do.

I agree if they’re not getting 3.5M for Rothwell they’re not signing much. The road back for Rothwell is really tough now. Signing a contract is the easiest way to get back on track. But who knows what his summer plan is.

Alan Myers saying Rothwell has been told he’s not going anywhere now! This is better than a BBC murder drama.

Oh wow all of the journos now saying the same thing. 3.5M fee agreed with Rovers for Rothwell, but they’ve changed their mind overnight and agreed the same money for Moore! Can only guess they’ve got Cantwell and had a change of mind? Rothwell is IN BOURNEMOUTH! Is this the greatest tactical move Bournemouth could have done? They’ve derailed our promotion push and then not signed him?!

Just seen they’ve agreed a 3.5M fee with Cardiff for Moore as well. Man I should have booked today off work, this is going to be some day.

That would be quite something! They can’t sign Dembele, Cantwell and Rothwell surely…

I’m breaking character now… They don’t care mate. Or at least, the vast majority don’t. It’s a business, Rothwell is playing the game and Mowbray knows it. Even if Bournemouth fell off the south coast and he had behaved like I’ve been posting, someone would take him. Because he’s a really good player.

Not a problem. You’ve weakened your own team and don’t have any money to replace me.

His incentive is the 6x weekly wage rise that is guaranteed for the next 4 years.

What world do I live in? I’m astonished that any of you think Mowbray has any say in any of this. Rothwell could single handed become the biggest pain in the arse at the club. He has every single card in his favour. You cannot keep a player that insists he’s moving. Mowbray has to sell him and replace him tomorrow (today), it’s completely untenable.

Ok, play me. I’ll break down in the first 60 seconds and come off injured. Or we can go to court. Whichever you’d like. Regardless I’m STILL going to tell all your players about how you’ve ruined my dream transfer that secures my families future. And even team talk, every training drill, every plan… like i said, I’m talking to my new manager every week.

No matter what shows up on that scan, I’m telling you I am in pain when I play and refuse to play. As per PFA regs you cannot force me to play if I’m injured. I’m happy to sit in the room and have a debrief once a day, on full salary, whilst I recover from my injury. But whilst I’m on site I’m going to tell all your players about how you’ve stopped my career from progressing. And I’ll be speaking with Scott Parker daily.